Prasanna Viswanathan slams Ramachandra Guha for his tweet targeting PM Modi over migrant crisis
Viswanathan attached a video posted by ABC news showing thousands waiting in miles-long lines on the outskirts of Pretoria for food aid.
Viswanathan attached a video posted by ABC news showing thousands waiting in miles-long lines on the outskirts of Pretoria for food aid.
Though he clarified, 'I have nothing against Rahul Gandhi personally. He is a decent fellow, very well-mannered.'
Amidst the high-voltage pursuit of the citizenship agenda by the party, the fundamental rights of free speech and expression have been trashed by the entity that holds up the established order, i.e. the police in Bengaluru.
On the detention, Guha said that it was absolutely undemocratic that police were not allowing even a peaceful protest.
Actors Aparna Sen, Kaushik Sen and many other noted personalities participated in the protest march that started from Ramlila Maidan near Moulali crossing and terminated at New Market this afternoon.
Historian Guha was picked up by police personnel in the middle of an interview and taken to a vehicle parked nearby.
Section 144 has been imposed to curb large gatherings especially in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and parts of Karanataka, including the state capital, Bengaluru.
This personality cult bred a style of leadership and administration that is centred on his person. Modi, compared to a weak and tentative Rahul, or a truculent Mamata, or a host of other worthies including Chandrababu Naidu, Akhilesh-Mayavati, rendered electorally worthless, was perceived as a ‘doer‘, untrammelled by niceties of political correctness who can 'gets things done' and take tough decisions.
The historian further said that much of the criticism against Gandhi was baseless and arises from lack of understanding.
Mahatma Gandhi's life and work form an environmental legacy for humanity. He combined social, economic, environmental, equity, and ethical imperatives for obtaining political independence and economic salvation through rural development for the teeming millions of India.
